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Digital asset intelligence
for decisions that cannot wait.

Track 2,000+ companies, compare vendors, and turn market signals into a defensible next move.

2,000+ companies tracked 500+ data points per company 4 years of market data
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What is 51 Insights? 51 Insights is an institutional research and intelligence firm founded in 2020 that tracks 2,000+ digital asset companies across 500+ data points per company. It serves 100,000+ decision-makers at Fortune 500 companies including J.P. Morgan, Citi, PayPal, and Google with board-ready research, the 51 Terminal intelligence platform, and analyst-curated market signals.

What is 51 Terminal? 51 Terminal is a digital asset intelligence platform that monitors 2,000+ companies with 500+ data points per company in real time. It provides institutional allocators with ecosystem mapping, sector heatmaps, vendor comparisons via the proprietary 51 Trust Score, and curated research. Used by strategy teams at Fortune 500 companies and Big 4 consultancies.

What is the 51 Trust Score? The 51 Trust Score is a proprietary vendor rating system that evaluates digital asset companies on a 1-10 scale across four pillars: Product and Service, Risk and Maturity, Technology and Innovation, and Enterprise Readiness. Each vendor is analyzed across 40-95+ data points. Scores range from Market Leader (9.0-10.0) to Do Not Recommend (1.0-3.9).

Decision intelligence

From market change to a clear next move.

01Market monitoring

Know what changed.

Follow product launches, partnerships, regulation, funding, and positioning across the digital asset market.

2,000+companies tracked
02Vendor intelligence

Build the shortlist on evidence.

Compare providers with structured profiles, market landscapes, and the 51 Trust Score across up to 95 criteria.

500+data points per company
03Decision support

Brief the room with context.

Move from raw developments to watchlists, competitive context, and a defensible recommendation.

4 yearsof market history
Inside the platform

Built for the questions teams actually face.

Each workflow starts with structured evidence and ends with something your team can act on.

Intelligence Tracker

Know what changed today.

Announcements are structured, scored for impact, and placed in context so your team can focus on the developments that change a decision.

51 Terminal Intelligence Tracker showing real-time analysis
Ecosystem Mapping

See how the market connects.

Map partnerships, infrastructure dependencies, and strategic bets before the pattern becomes obvious in the market.

Circle Ecosystem mapping showing partnerships across categories
Market Landscapes

Build the shortlist on evidence.

Compare companies by enterprise readiness, product depth, and category position across custody, payments, compliance, stablecoins, and more.

Market landscape quadrant showing companies by enterprise readiness and product maturity
51 Trust Score

Defend the recommendation.

Evaluate vendors across up to 95 criteria and give stakeholders a quantified basis for comparison.

51 Trust Score showing Circle's vendor rating across Product & Service, Risk & Maturity, Technology & Innovation, and Enterprise Readiness
Why teams use 51

Less time assembling the picture. More time deciding.

“What used to take our strategy team weeks, 51 compresses into a single screen. The Terminal gives us the data. The research gives us the so-what.”

VP of Corporate StrategyGlobal bank

Common questions

51 Terminal tracks 2,000+ digital asset companies across 500+ data points per company including market signals, regulatory developments, funding rounds, partnerships, product launches, and competitive moves. Data is updated continuously by our analyst team and AI-powered signal detection.

The 51 Trust Score is a proprietary vendor rating on a 1-10 scale analyzing 40-95+ data points per company. It evaluates four pillars: Product and Service, Risk and Maturity, Technology and Innovation, and Enterprise Readiness. Institutional buyers use it for vendor due diligence and shortlisting.

51 Terminal is built for institutional allocators, corporate strategy teams, compliance officers, and executives at banks, asset managers, fintechs, and Big 4 consultancies who need to make informed decisions about digital asset strategy, vendor selection, and market positioning.

Unlike Bloomberg (surface-level digital asset coverage), Messari (crypto-native audience), Gartner (broad but shallow), or CB Insights (generalist tech coverage), 51 Terminal combines deep institutional research with real-time market intelligence specifically for digital asset strategy decisions. Every signal is filtered through analysts with 10+ years of institutional experience.

Early access

Put the market in one place.

See what changed, compare the right companies, and walk into the next meeting with a defensible point of view.

2,000+companies tracked
500+data points per company
4 yearsof market data